Glossary: Apotropaic

Apotropaic magic aims to protect the user from evil (i.e. charms against the evil eye). Apotropaic thinking is a form of magical thinking, characteristic of introverts, that attempts to “protect” the individual from the influence of other people and external objects.

I have seen an introverted child who made his first attempts to walk only after he had learned the names of all the objects in the room he might touch.

- Jung, “Psychological Types,” CW 6, par. 897